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THE BOOK OF<br/>
<span class=large>DANIEL</span>
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CHAPTER 7
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Daniel sees four beasts representing the kingdoms of men—He sees the ancient of days (Adam) to whom the Son of Man (Christ) shall come—The kingdom shall be given to the saints forever.
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In</span> the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/7/1a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Dreams.">dream</a> and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, <i>and</i> told the sum of the matters.
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Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.
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And four great <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/7/3a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Symbolism.">beasts</a> came up from the <sup>b</sup><a href="dan/7/3b" mark="b" type="A" title="Rev. 13: 1 (1-2).">sea</a>, diverse one from another.
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The <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/7/4a" mark="a" type="A" title="Dan. 2: 38.">first</a> <i>was</i> like a lion, and had eagle’s wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man’s heart was given to it.
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And behold another <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/7/5a" mark="a" type="A" title="Dan. 2: 39; Dan. 5: 28.">beast</a>, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and <i>it had</i> three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.
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After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/7/6a" mark="a" type="A" title="Dan. 8: 8; Dan. 11: 4 (3-4).">heads</a>; and dominion was given to it.
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After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/7/7a" mark="a" type="A" title="Dan. 2: 40.">beast</a>, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great <sup>b</sup><a href="dan/7/7b" mark="b" type="A" title="Dan. 2: 41.">iron</a> teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it <i>was</i> diverse from all the beasts that <i>were</i> before it; and it had <sup>c</sup><a href="dan/7/7c" mark="c" type="A" title="Dan. 7: 24 (20-24).">ten</a> horns.
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I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/7/8a" mark="a" type="A" title="Dan. 8: 9.">horn</a>, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn <i>were</i> eyes like the eyes of man, and a <sup>b</sup><a href="dan/7/8b" mark="b" type="A" title="Rev. 13: 5.">mouth</a> speaking great things.
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&#182; I beheld till the <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/7/9a" mark="a" type="C" title="1 Cor. 15: 24; TG Kings, Earthly.">thrones</a> were <sup>b</sup><a href="dan/7/9b" mark="b" type="D" title="Aramaic: set up.">cast</a> down, and the <sup>c</sup><a href="dan/7/9c" mark="c" type="C" title="D&C 138: 38; TG Adam.">Ancient</a> of days did sit, whose <sup>d</sup><a href="dan/7/9d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Clothing.">garment</a> <i>was</i> white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne <i>was like</i> the fiery flame, <i>and</i> his <sup>e</sup><a href="dan/7/9e" mark="e" type="A" title="Ezek. 1: 15.">wheels</a> <i>as</i> burning fire.
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A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/7/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="Rev. 5: 11.">thousand</a> thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the <sup>b</sup><a href="dan/7/10b" mark="b" type="C" title="Rev. 11: 18; TG Judgment, The Last.">judgment</a> was set, and the <sup>c</sup><a href="dan/7/10c" mark="c" type="A" title="Mal. 3: 16; Rev. 20: 12.">books</a> were opened.
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I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld <i>even</i> till the <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/7/11a" mark="a" type="A" title="Rev. 19: 20; D&C 76: 36.">beast</a> was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning <sup>b</sup><a href="dan/7/11b" mark="b" type="A" title="Rev. 20: 10; D&C 29: 28 (21, 26-30); D&C 43: 33.">flame</a>.
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As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.
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I saw in the night visions, and, behold, <i>one</i> like the <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/7/13a" mark="a" type="C" title="Rev. 11: 15; TG Jesus Christ, Second Coming; TG Jesus Christ, Son of Man.">Son</a> of man came with the <sup>b</sup><a href="dan/7/13b" mark="b" type="A" title="Luke 21: 27.">clouds</a> of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
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And there was given him <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/7/14a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Authority of; TG Jesus Christ, Judge; TG Judgment; TG Kingdom of God, on Earth.">dominion</a>, and glory, and a <sup>b</sup><a href="dan/7/14b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Millennium.">kingdom</a>, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion <i>is</i> an <sup>c</sup><a href="dan/7/14c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Millennial Reign.">everlasting</a> dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom <i>that</i> which shall not be destroyed.
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&#182; I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of <i>my</i> body, and the visions of my head troubled me.
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I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this.  So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.
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These great beasts, which are four, <i>are</i> four <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/7/17a" mark="a" type="D" title="IE kingdoms.">kings</a>, <i>which</i> shall arise out of the earth.
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But the <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/7/18a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Saints.">saints</a> of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.
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Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth <i>were of</i> iron, and his nails <i>of</i> brass; <i>which</i> devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet;
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And of the ten horns that <i>were</i> in his head, and <i>of</i> the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even <i>of</i> that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look <i>was</i> more stout than his fellows.
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I beheld, and the same horn made <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/7/21a" mark="a" type="C" title="Dan. 8: 24; Rev. 12: 17 (8-17); TG Last Days; TG War.">war</a> with the saints, and prevailed against them;
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Until the <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/7/22a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 27: 11; D&C 116: 1.">Ancient</a> of days came, and <sup>b</sup><a href="dan/7/22b" mark="b" type="C" title="1 Cor. 6: 2; Rev. 20: 4; TG Judgment.">judgment</a> was given to the <sup>c</sup><a href="dan/7/22c" mark="c" type="A" title="D&C 20: 13.">saints</a> of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
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Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
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And the ten <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/7/24a" mark="a" type="A" title="Rev. 17: 12.">horns</a> out of this kingdom <i>are</i> <sup>b</sup><a href="dan/7/24b" mark="b" type="A" title="Dan. 7: 7.">ten</a> kings <i>that</i> shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
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And he shall speak <i>great</i> words against the most High, and shall <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/7/25a" mark="a" type="A" title="Rev. 12: 13 (13-17).">wear</a> out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
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But the <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/7/26a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Judgment, The Last.">judgment</a> shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy <i>it</i> unto the end.
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And the <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/7/27a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 136: 41 (41-42).">kingdom</a> and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be <sup>b</sup><a href="dan/7/27b" mark="b" type="A" title="D&C 103: 7 (7-8).">given</a> to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom <i>is</i> an <sup>c</sup><a href="dan/7/27c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Eternity.">everlasting</a> kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
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Hitherto <i>is</i> the end of the matter.  As for me Daniel, my <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/7/28a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR thoughts.">cogitations</a> much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.
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